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Now a Professional Pythonista at Points!
I have been working for the past month as a Software Development Engineer at Points International. While my role is not officially as a Python developer, a large portion of my work is building Python applications, services and libraries. Also I get to develop in Java as well and maintain some very well engineered systems…
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Distro Hopping
Sorry for the much delayed update, however this year has been an hectic and busy one. (New job, new house, lots of random unexpected events along the way, like two funerals and two weddings in a single month, etc. Long story.) Plus I really hoped to change blog platforms, but that is a story for…
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Spring Cleaning for 2013
With Easter just around the corner and possibly spring coming shortly after–Canadians have to wait a bit longer for spring t0 properly arrive and winter to make her final exit–that it would make sense to update my blog. Many things have changed in the past few weeks . Like we have a new pope, Pope…
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PyCon and Beyond
Last weekend I went to the first ever PyCon Canada. What an incredible event! I met so many friendly, amazing, smart and talented people. I learned so many new things, that essentially my knowledge of Python, and web technologies practically jumped to the next level over the course of 2 days. The entire event left…
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Now Accepting Tips via Gittip
I know this is totally an artsy thing to do but… you can tip me now! So if you find my blog entries or the code that I put up on Github useful, feel free to tip me for my efforts. Thankful my day job at Bluerush pays for my day-to-day. But I would appreciate…
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The Python Scene, Accepting Javascript, and Lots of REST
Life continues at a breakneck pace. Despite my best laid plans, the surest way of getting things done at the moment is in a sort of out-order manner. However I did want to share a brief update on my journey into the Python and web application development world. Instead of separate long form articles, I…
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Keeping Track of Time – Part 1 – Recognizing the Problem
I have a confession to make. Like many other software developers, my time estimates are seem to vary from real time. Yes, giving accurate time estimates are a difficult task, especially ones that are over long extended periods of time. Add on top of that time seems like an illusion at times, and you have…
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Penguins and Pythons, Oh My!
Note: I have been meaning to get this post up for a while now. However since I am swamped with work in general, everything is delayed and taking longer than expected. Sorry about that. As I mentioned in an early post, I am working on building up my professional experience in Python. It has been…
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Linux SATA HDD Issues with Samsung RF-711
OK, this is a quick post for anyone who is running into issues with using Linux on a Samsung RF-711. Specifically this applies to Ubuntu Linux 12.04 64-bit. Essentially what was happening, was that periodically my entire machine would freeze with the exception of anything currently running. This kept on happening all the time, until…